Te Kauwhata Performance Project (TKPP) is a collaborative project designed to engage people in our community who have a story to tell, who enjoy performing, or perhaps have a knack for writing, design or technology.
It is an opportunity to bring people of all ages, skills and backgrounds together through creativity, to share skills, build confidence and celebrate who we are as a growing community.
While we do aspire to a performance, the process is just as important. Do it for yourself or bring a friend or as a family. There is a role for everyone whether you prefer centre stage or behind the scenes. Join us!
The project will be delivered in three stages.
Phase 1: Story
You will see the Toi Ako Team out and about on the streets and at events in July & July 2026 to talk with the people in our community, gather memories, stories and ideas. Contributions can be anonymous but where permitted we would also like to photograph the people we interview for use in later parts of the project. We will also be connecting with people who may be interested in joining us for the next phases of the project. This the phase we are in now. We invite you to get in any of the following ways:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0212225682
Coming to our first project meeting – Sat 18 July at 3pm at Toi Ako Artspace, underneath St Margaret’s Hall at 3 Waerenga Rd. Drive to the bottom of the driveway to the left of the church
Answering our 10 story prompts in this form – https://tkch.infoodle.com/f/TeKauwhataPerformanceProject
Phase 2: Play
In a series of workshops through August & September we will use drama games and devising processes to explore the story ideas gathered in phase 1. As we play we will tease out pieces of work that we would like to share back to our community.
Phase 3: Production
We will shape our workshop pieces into a production, adding in elements such as props, costume, set, music, technology. We will rehearse through September and share our performance with an audience in October.
We would love your involvement, whether on stage or behind the scenes. We will need actors, musicians, dancers, costume design and sewing, set design and construction, AV design, make up and hair, stage management, front of house management, marketing assistants and much more.
Please contact us in any of the ways detailed above and we will add you to our project team.
Thanks to Creative Communities Waikato for making this possible.
